Shoulder-brace.



No. 658,lll. Paten ted Sept. l8, I900.

L. s. LONG.

SHOULDER BRAGE.

(Application filed. Mar. 12, 1900.!

(No Model.)

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UNITE STATES PATENT O FI E.

LOUISES. LONG, OF SAN i RANoIsoo, CALIFORNIA.

SHOULDER-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No.658,11 1 dated September 18, 1900. V p

' Application med March 12,1900. Serial No. 8,299. (Nb model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISE S. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoulder-Braces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Ordinarily shoulder-braces are constructed of a n umber of elements adjustablyconnected by means of buckles or otherwise, and it is required that a number of braces be employed to comply with the varying size'of the wearers of this class of goods. braces at present in use permitof only a limited adjustment. Oons'equentlya brace of a given size is only adapted for use of persons of approximately the same build. For instance, the brace designed for a child could not be used upon an adult.

The main object of the present invention is to enable me to dispense with the necessity of manufacturing braces of varyingsizes and to provide a brace which may be used for children or adults.

The invention also has for its object to dispense. with the complicated and expensive adjusting features at present employed in connection with articles of this class and to provide a brace simple of construction, inexpensive in its manufacture, and easily adjusted to the wearer thereof.

In order to comprehend the invent-ion, reference should be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Figure l is aview showing the brace ready ,to be applied to the wearer, and Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating the manner of constructing the brace. I

The brace may be said to consist of a single piece A,.composed of leather, canvas, or other suitable material, having at one end a buckle or fastening device A, with which the opposite end A of the strap engages. In the present case I have illustrated the fastening device as consisting of an ordinary buckle and the engaging end of the strap as being provided with a series of perforations or openings'a, through which the tongue 0. of the buckle passes. However, this feature is immaterial, any form of connection may be employed for uniting the ends of the strap or The shoulderpiece A. The strap or piece A is formed or so run as to form shoulder-openings 13 B,

which openings are separated by the slide or loop 13*. This slide orloop in the present case is provided with two openings 1 2',tln 'ough' which openings the strap or piece A is passed.

placed upon the wearer, whose arms are in-- serted through the shoulder-openiugsB B. When in position upon the shoulders, the free .ends of the strap or piece A are'drawu around the body and united together. By simply drawing upon the free ends thetension of the brace will be increased as desired.

The slide or loop B being movable upon the strap or piece A its position may be ad-' justed so astolie between the sho older-blades. It will be understood that the-loop B may be rigidly united to the strap A by being sewed or otherwise at about the middle thereof, thus leaving ample length of strap at each side to be turned and passed through opening 1 of the loop, so as to form the shoulder-openings B and B. However, by making the loop B removable it may be easily replaced if damaged. To remove the .brace, it is only required to discounect the ends thereof, when the brace may be readily released from the wearer thereof.

It is obvious that as the brace is constructed from a single piece or strap the size of the brace is only dependent upon the length of the said strap. However, twoor more pieces or straps A may be united so as to increase the strap A to any required length. When the expression a single piece is employed,

I claim as new, and desire to secure protection in by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoulder-brace comprising a single strap, a loop thereon, at or near the middle of in opposite directions through the olher slideopening, and means for uniting the ends of the strap about the body of the wearer, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 15 hand.

LOUISE S. LONG. Witnesses N. A. ACKER, WALTER F. VANE. 

